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Singapore is laying the foundation for a future economy based on science. It’s sending its own citizens abroad for a top education, and enticing some the world’s best minds in science to its shores. Reporter Ari Daniel Shapiro has more.
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Download MP3Scientists in Canada whose research in surviving cold water is aimed saving lives have learned that the CIA used their work to develop an interrogation technique. The World’s Carol Hills has details.
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Download MP3Anchor Katy Clark speaks with Robert Draper, author of an article on Somalia that appears in the September issue of the National Geographic Magazine. Draper travelled to Somalia to document the violence and chaos that have plagued the country for nearly two decades.
Pictures from Mogadishu for this story at nationalgeographic.com
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Download MP3Colombia is second only to Sudan in the number of people displaced from their homes because of war and violence. This despite claims by the Colombian government that the long guerrilla war is winding down. Correspondent John Otis reports on the plight of Colombians who may never return home.
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Download MP3Anchor Katy Clark speaks with John Nichols, author of an unofficial biography of former Vice President Dick Cheney, about allegations of Cheney’s role in authorizing the CIA interrogation techniques now under investigation.
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Download MP3Senator Edward Kennedy was one of the strong voices against the US-led war in Iraq. We feature an exchange he had in 2005 against then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld…and we look back on Kennedy’s legacy later in the program.
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Anchor Katy Clark speaks with author Diane Wei Liang about her memoir, “Lake with No Name: A true story of Love and Conflict in Modern China.” The author grew up during the Cultural Revolution and was later a part of China’s student pro-democracy movement.
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Senator Ted Kennedy died last night at the age of 77 after a year-long battle with brain cancer. The World’s Jeb Sharp looks back on the legacy of the man called the “liberal lion of the Senate.”
>>> BBC obituary
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For today’s Geoquiz we were looking for a major industrialized nation where a lack of daycare options for young families has become a main topic in this year’s election. The answer is Japan. Reporter Akiko Fukita tells us why the promise of more child care centers carries such weight with voters.
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Download MP3The band Delhi 2 Dublin lives up to its name with its combination of Indian bhangra and Irish jigs. Reporter Lonny Shavelson caught up with them at a gig in San Francisco.
We’re staying on government benefits for the Geo Quiz. We’re looking for country that’s heading into elections this weekend. This is a major industrialized nation that’s played a crucial role in the world economy over the past 60 years. It’s also a country that’s ageing – fast!
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Download MP3The name pretty much says it all. The band “Delhi 2 Dublin” plays a free-flowing mix of Indian bhangra and Irish jigs. It’s a blend of Irish fiddles and Indian tablas, not to mention sitars and electric guitars. Throughout the summer this Vancouver-based band has been playing concerts from Canada to California. Reporter Lonny Shavelson recently caught up with them at a gig in San Francisco.
